FOWLER: This is the mystery about John Wilkes Booth. And I don't think it's a mystery that I have made much progress in solving, that he just doesn't fit whatever you might imagine the profile of ...

Stanton’s search ripples out far further than just the hunt for John Wilkes Booth. As Manhunt Episode 1 reveals, Lincoln’s death was just one assassination planned that night.

When President Abraham Lincoln's assassin was tracked down and fatally shot, among the items found on him was a daybook diary ...

John Wilkes Booth had talent, a look that made ladies swoon, and the potential, at just 26 years old, to develop into one of the greatest stage legends of his time, experts recalled as the 150th ...

Most who studied Lincoln in school learn he was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was watching a play with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, at Ford’s Theatre when Booth came ...

Union troops hunted down John Wilkes Booth, the Confederate sympathizer who shot President Abe Lincoln, before finding him in a Virginia barn and killing him on this day in history, April 26, 1865.

John Wilkes Booth was one of the most popular men in America in 1865. Socialites checked into hotels with him. Waitresses ignored their other tables and offered him free steaks.

If You Go ”John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only!” runs at Baltimore Center Stage, 700 N. Calvert St., through June 22. Tickets cost $10 to $90. For details, call 410-332-0033 or visit centerstage ...

Before he began playing John Wilkes Booth in “Killing Lincoln,” Jesse Johnson celebrated a private triumph: He grew a jumbo mustache for the role. “I’m very proud of it, by the way,” the ...

Metro John Wilkes Booth’s brother Edwin honored in NYC birthday ceremony By Jon Levine Published Nov. 11, 2023, 10:42 a.m. ET ...

A new series on Apple TV+, premiering Friday, tells the lesser-known aspects of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on the pursuit of his killer, John Wilkes Booth.